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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, May 20, 2015
G RANT C OUNTY SENIORS
Prairie City
Seniors
Rose Coombs
PRAIRIE CITY – Well,
May 13 was an interesting
day, wasn’t it?
We were just lazing
around after breakfast
when the electricity went
off. Hum. Can’t be because
there’s too much snow on
the lines. Did someone have
an accident and knock over
a pole? Maybe a transform-
er blew up. Nope, none of
the above. At least none that
was the fault of our local
providers. Glad the tem-
perature was not 20 below
with a 40 mph wind blow-
ing.
But what about senior
dinner? Ah, not to worry.
Our resourceful and inge-
nious cooks just loaded up
what needed to be heated
and took it over to the gas
ovens at the Teen Center,
and continued with their
duties. When it came time
to dish up the take-outs,
the power had returned to
our side of town, so the
baking pans were returned
to the grange hall, and the
meal preparation and serv-
ing went on as normal. No
problem.
We had vases of pret-
ty spring flowers for the
table centerpieces. Only
68 names on the book, in-
cluding cousin Al and wife
Diane from Sequim, Wash.,
who will be in and out of
town throughout the sum-
mer. Good to see them.
The $5 in trade gift
certificate went to JoAnn
Phippen, and the one from
Java Jungle was given to
Larry Wright.
Buzz led the flag salute,
and Helen Emmel asked
the blessing. Our volun-
teer servers included San-
di Rennels, JoAnn Phip-
pen, Pam Howard and Del
Lake. Dusty Harris made a
few rounds with the coffee
and tea pots. We had apple
juice, green salad, twice
baked potatoes, meat loaf,
rolls, and cranberry/apple
crunch with ice cream for
dessert.
Lorna and Patty from
Blue Mountain Care Center
brought Dorothy Blasing,
Eula Thompson, Lois Hill,
Dollina Humphreys and
Robert Riddel.
Did you know recent
scientific research has con-
firmed salt and coffee are
good for you? After how
many years of the same re-
search telling us they were
bad? How about “every-
thing in moderation?”
I was too busy running
back and forth to Bend this
week to do anything on the
doll buggy. Derrol had an-
other injection in his thumb
joint on the left hand. The
right hand is feeling ne-
glected now. His statement
about the whole situation:
“I’ll sure be glad to get my
new body.” There’s always
something to hope for, huh?
Since we are over 100
miles from any interstate
highway, I thought readers
might find this interesting:
The interstate system re-
quires that one mile in every
five must be straight. These
straight sections are usable
as airstrips. So check that
out the next time you use
1-84.
Matthew 7:14 “... strait
is the gate and narrow is the
way which leads to life ...”
John Day
Seniors
Alma Joslin
JOHN DAY – On May
11, we had a different lunch
that was very good: broccoli
cheddar soup, pizza bread,
a veggie tray with dip and
cream cheese pinwheels.
Due to it being “Twilight
Zone Day,” we had a mag-
ic cookie bar for dessert.
Fun and fellowship was
great.
Margaret Glass and Su-
san Fowle greeted us at the
desk. Francis Kocis and
Betty Holznagel delivered
19 meals and eight fro-
zen ones. Shay Lewis did
the Mt. Vernon route. Our
servers were from Redeem-
er Lutheran Church. Buzz
Gilmore led the flag salute,
and Francis Kocis asked the
blessing.
Ron Dowse did the an-
nouncing due to Veanne
Weddle’s absence. He said
someone lost a very ex-
pensive arch support last
Thursday, and it might have
been at the Senior Center. If
you’ve seen it, turn it in to
the Center.
Ron will have another
AARP drivers safety course
from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Wednes-
day, May 20, at the Straw-
berry Grange Hall in Prairie
City. For more information
or to sign up, call 541-575-
4268. He also announced
there are a lot of grandpar-
ent scams going on. Marga-
ret Glass recounted one she
recently received.
Wednesday, May 13, was
Ron’s birthday.
Gail Heising won the
Len’s Drug gift certificate,
and Bobbie Gilmore won
the free meal.
On May 14, we had
chicken a la king over bis-
cuits, served with garden
salad and homemade ranch
dressing. For dessert we had
apple crisp. Gloria Kulis
and Bonnie Kocis greeted
us at the door.
Linda Sprouffske and
Buzz Glass delivered 23
meals. Our servers were
from Cornerstone Christian
Fellowship. Zola Pike led
the flag salute, and Pastor
Levi Manitsas asked the
blessing.
Veanne announced that
according to the computer,
it was “National Dance Like
a Chicken Day,” so that’s
what was playing on the ste-
reo as we entered the din-
ing room. Quite the added
touch. She asked for anyone
who wanted to do the dance,
but she didn’t have any tak-
ers.
We celebrated the Glass-
es’ anniversary.
We had a couple of
guests: Gloria Kulis’ sister,
Janice Kuhlman, and Aaron
Lieuallen joined us for the
first time. Welcome to both
of you.
Janice Sanderson won
the Chester’s Thriftway cer-
tificate, and Carla Anderson
won the lunch for two at
Valley View.
Thursday, May 21, we’ll
have honey mustard pork
ribs, and Monday, May 25,
the Center will be closed
for Memorial Day. Hope
everyone has a nice holi-
day weekend. We’ll see you
again on May 28 for beef
brisket.
Psalm 19:1 “The heav-
ens declare the glory of
God; and the firmament
shows His handiwork.”
Monument
Seniors
Soo Yukawa
MONUMENT – Our
May 12 lunch was delicious
chicken Alfredo, fresh tossed
salad, garlic bread and fruit
cobbler. Our cooks, Terry
Cade and Carrie Jewell, did
a fine job. Bob Blakeslee,
Bodean Anderson and Mar-
va Walker were our greeters.
Bob led the flag salute,
and Bodean blessed the meal
with prayer. Dorothy Jordan
won the Chester’s Thriftway
gift card, Bob Blakeslee won
the Len’s Drug gift card and
Mike Smith won the free
meal. We had 34 attendees
and five take-outs.
Here at our Monument
Senior lunch, we have it
kind of buffet-style. We
serve ourselves usually and
people volunteer to help
clean up.
Betty Breeding is still
in the hospital, but she has
been moved to rehab. There
was a card for her on the
back table to sign during
our lunch. She has her good
and bad days. We pray she’ll
have more good ones, and
will be able to come home
soon.
There was a short board
meeting after lunch.
I’ve been enjoying the
rainy weather as of late. I
try to till the garden after the
nice rain because it makes
the dirt real nice and soft.
I’ve got some potatoes
and sweet potatoes in the
ground. Hopefully soon, I
will get to plant my corn and
beans.
Remember, I was going
to share about that fat squir-
rel who tormented me one
summer?
The little varmint would
come over to my backyard,
which was full of delec-
table and juicy tomatoes.
When I went to water the
plants one day, I found him
sitting on top of a tomato
cage nibbling on a tomato.
He would take a bite, toss
it aside, pick off anoth-
er, take a bite, toss it and
grab another. He kept doing
this, and he was so heavy,
the cage was starting to fall
over.
He did it to my strawber-
ry guava tree as well. Oh,
how I hated that squirrel.
I wished I had animals to
take care of him.
Here, we have a bunch
of cats. They’ve been very
good at catching lots of
things – snakes, sage rats,
rabbits, birds and mice. Too
bad I didn’t have them back
in California; I’m sure he’d
have been a goner!
Proverbs 4:18 “But the
path of the just is as the
shining light, That shineth
more and more unto the
perfect day.”
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